Richland beacon., 1887-12-31
TRUCKING A TRAVELLER.
How Two DrummcrsW With Resources
Got a Brd! in Il Frontier Town.
from the Omaha Bec.1

from The Omaha Bec.1
Nick Snowman always has good story
To- tel. y representative of the Bee /
found him at the Mil!arl resting from
his !abors, and this is the tale he I'M
folded:
You know Charley W. Well,
Charley and were snOwed-in up on the
Broken Bow line last winter The train
lust managed to make q little station
along about dark, and we tied up there
for the night. There was light load
on, but every mothers son and one
daughter of them piled ont and made
for the only hotel in the place. OF
course, Charley and | had to help the
daughter along, and when we reached
the hotel everything WAS taken. They
iiXeI the daughter up with cot in the
hail, and the urlane clerk offered Char
lev and | the soft side of a couple OF
chairs in the Office; but, you see, we had
been figuring on just such n situation,
and We thought WE might get something
better. We didn't swear and try to cut
up rusty, hut Charley stepped over and
set his sample case in n char near the
stoyr. around which everybody was
standing, then We lit our cigars and
waited for supporter developments.
In Il minute, little, nervous fellow,
who had been spreading his coat tails
/ before the stove, got too warm, and
! looked for Il chair The one with Char
/ lcv's sample ease i'll it was nearest, and
! he reached out for the case to set it off
/ the chair We'll, he hadn't touched it
before Charley gave yell that would
lave citr,llci the blood Of a Sioux; he
Jumped, over everybody between him
ami the cas,., and snatched it away from
the little fellow in minute.
MY Lord. don't touch that" he
gasped at the man. as though he had
snatrhed him bodily from the jaws OF
death. He lovingly set the case at his
feet, and while everybody in ( 10 room
WAS gawking at him | inquiries; i'll my
most iunocrntlv casual manner:
"How's the nitro glycerine trade now,
Charley
"Fir,t-ratc." he answered. carelessly.
"Iou see it's no work to sell our goods.
The explosives We handle has one-third
more power than those sold by any other
house, and We sell our goods at the
same figure the other houses do theirs
all I've got to do is show the goods and
they sell themselves. | can just take
one of those cartridges out somewhere
AMI explode it--a man sees what it will
Ito and the stuff is sold, if he wants any
thing III that line. It's a little disagree
able III this wcathcr-have to go so far
away from c,crything to show the stuff
not much like boots and shoes, you
know"
Il don't e how on earth YOU dare
carry the staff around" murmurcd
glincing at the sample case between
Chariey's f ct.
"Oh, well, fellow gets used to it,
he said with thc air of Il man who carries
MS III, in his hand. Not so mucl
d;ng"r in ed wclthrr-warmth ex
Ie,nlS il AMI then it is more liable to ex
r!n l.."-hc rra led down here and lai,
= his h.nl on TIE side next the stove
"t,r,a',st danger Is from somebod!
Inril'ing with H. Oar house never ha,
lat one accident from Il man on TIN
rpll. \ man up in Montana had hi
samples in cahoosc that was run int
l,y another train" -imprc, sive silenc
, for IL minute, then he won't on in midi.
reminiscent: Way: "Neycr hal to &c
OFT Vrpchin% gang to clear up tina
= wrrc., they Lad to order ont the bridg
l gang 50 build a calvert over the hole /
= made"
, Charley shock his head sally, and tn
. l:',la mar Wllp had attempted to NOV
, tia: ~amr,r case edged up TO the desk
:ii'pT,d him.
/ - nc 20 think of it," he whispere
: nc";o,sy t. the clerk, 81 won't wal
!, ;rat To ~ Tonight. | guess I'll stay l
c the train. I've got some things there
@ want 70 watch, YOU know
. The clerk assured him the trainme
f w,iild look after them, but he wouldn
$ lave i: tina. way-nothing would do br
y he must go himself. happened up b.
: side :licm Just then, and finding he'w'
bouGd 70 leave, took the room in I'll
& most innocent way in the world
# The clerk assigned me the room a
# ri;h'. bat h" kept glaring over at Cha
S lcyand his case full of internal machine
o i'll tine while, and the little man starte
IL for Tie door.
5 lie said he didn't think he could wa
+ for s;iunc.-it was SO close i'll there
e r!alH him SEX, and he'd have to G.
o SOM" ar, lie said. The CLERK tried
- d.taiT Linn, b;i: he laln't time to talk
, lc lolt;l for the door and floundert
u 81 through the drifts.
Sc When Charley AMI came from su
S per We could see war all around. II
1t guests were drawn mp in battle array {
+ The side of the office and the clerk hea
10 cn them lie pulled his moustache
/ minute to- get his courage up, then
~ few at Charley. "Your friend can ha
III this room here. but you can't stay
&c this house with that - thing mi
Is ne longer, sir, lie said.
III Charley glanced down at the anath
II, mi.cd simple c;sn.
~ "Whut's iha matter with that"
ut ASKED, and, picking it up, he carried
NJ to the desk, lifted it as high as he cou
err and let it drop before the Mortified Gle
It could interfere.
to There wasn't any explosion, and VIII
n Charley opened the case there was not
40 ing more deadly displayed than fl
i'll line of tea and coffee samples-but
d. had our bed that night.